Band-cutter and feeder for threshing-machines.



'No. 699,243. Patented May 6, I902.

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(Application filed. Aug-.2, 1900.) E

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BAND CUTTER AND FEEDER FOR THRESHING MACHINES.

(Application filed Aug. 2, 1900.)

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(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISOM J. ROSS, OF VVAYNESVILLE, INDIANA.

BAND-CUTTER AND FEEDER FOR THRESH'ING MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 699,243, dated May 6,1902. Application filed August 2, 1900. Serial l lo. 25,668. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ISOM J. Ross, a citizen of the United States,residing at Waynesville, Bartholomew county, State oflndiana, haveinvented a new and useful Threshing-Machine Band-Cutter and Feeder, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention is an improved band-cutter and feeder forthreshing-machines; and it consists in the peculiar construction andcombination of devices hereinafter fully set forth and claimed. 7

- In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view ofaband-cutter and feeder constructed in accordance with my invention,showing the same disposed in operative relation to a threshing-machine.tical longitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a detailperspective view of the revolubleband-cuttingandfeedingcylinder. Fig.Fig. 5 is a top plan View with a portion of the cover removed todisclose the band-cutting and feeding cylinder. Fig. 6 is a verticallongitudinal sectional view taken on the line a a. of Fig. 5, showingthe hinged section of the feed-pan open and lowered, the crossbar whichsupports the same being removed. Fig. 7 is a detail transverse sectiontaken on the line b b of Fig. 5, showing the hinged section of thefeed-pan closed and the cross-bar in position to support the same. Fig.8 is a perspective view of the detachable cross-bar, that supports thehinged inner section of the grainpan.

In the embodiment of my invention I provide an oblong frame 1, whichcomprises the side bars 2 and cross-bars 3 3. The inner end of the frame1 is supported on the frame CL of a threshing-machine at the feed endofthe latter, the said frame 1 being secured on said frame a by means ofstraps 4 and suitable bolts 5, as shown. Any other suitable means may,however, be employed for this purpose. A cover 6 extends transverselyover the inner portion of the frame 1 and is supported at a suitabledistance above the same, as shown. Suitable bearings 7 "are secured onthe sides of the frame 1 under and near the outer end of the cover 6. Inthese bearings is journaled the shaft 8 of a revoluble band-cutting andFig. 2 is a ver -central partition-board 14., whichdivides the hopperinto two longitudinal compartments 15, the inner lower ends of which areopen. The hopper is about one-half the length of the feed-pan, and thebottom of the latter is .inclined and maintained in-an inclined positionby the guide-bars 11, which reston the inclined guideways 10 of frame 1.The inner portion of the inclined feed-pan is formed by the section 16,which is hinged on its under side, as at 17, to the outer portion of thefeed-pan on which the hopper is located. The said hinged section 16 ofthe feed-pan is adapted to be opened downwardly, as indicated in dottedlines in Figs. 1 and 2, to admit access to the'threshing mechanism. Whenthe said hinge-section 16 of the feedpan is raised to its normaloperative position, the same is disposed in the same plane as the outerportion of the feed-pan, as shown in Fig. 2. A cross-bar 18 is removablysecured to the threshing-machine frame a by turnbuttons 19 or othersuitable devices, and said removable cross-bar when the hinge innersection of the feed-pan is raised to operative position bears under thesame, and hence maintains the same in operative position, as shown. Aplate 18 on said cross-bar bears on the lower side of the feed-openingof the threshing-machine and under the inner end of the hinged sectionof the feed-pan. (Shown in Fig. 2.)

'A'shaft 20 is-journaled in bearings 21 on the cover 6. Said shaftisprovided at its ends on opposite sides of frame 1 with eccentrics 22.A power-pulley 23 is also secured to said shaft. Eccentric-rods 24 areconnected to the sides of the outer portion of the feed pan, as at 25,and are provided at their inner ends with eccentric-straps 26, in whichthe eccentrics operate. Hence when the shaft 20 is rotated reciprocatingmotion is imparted to the feed-pan and hopper, as will be understood,the said reciprocating motion of the feed-pan, together with theinclined position thereof, causing the bundles of grain to be fed fromthe hopper to the threshing mechanism, as will be understood. Therevoluble band-cutting and feeding cylinder being disposed transverselyover the feed-pan it follows that the same is disposed in the path ofthe bundles, the latter passing under said revoluble cylinder and thebands thereof being cut thereby, the said cylinder also assisting infeeding the grain to the threshing mechanism. The vertical longitudinalpartition-board 14: in the hopper coacts with the sides thereof inlongitudinally disposing the bundles of grain thrown into the hopper,and hence causes the same to be fed lengthwise to the band-cutting andfeeding cylinder and to the threshing mechanism. The shaft 8 of saidband-cutting and feeding cylinder is provided at one end with a pulley27, (shown in dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 2,) which pulley is connectedto the pulley 23 by an endless belt 28. Thereby power is conveyed fromthe cylinder-shaftto the shaft 20. Said cylindershaft is furtherprovided with a power-pulley 29, which may be driven by an endless belt(not shown) from one of the power-shafts of the threshing-machine.

The band-cu ttingand feeding cylinder comprises a pair of circular heads30, which are keyed on the shaft 8, and a plurality of bars 31, whichconnect the said heads together. In the form of my invention here shownI employ three of the bars 31. Each of the same is formed of angle-iron.The ends of the bars 31 are outturned and riveted or bolted to the heads30, as at 32. The said bars 31 by contact with the grain and thecircular movement thereof serve to feed the grain to thethreshing-machine, and said bars also support and carry the band-cuttingknives 33, which are riveted or bolted on said bars, as at 34. Each ofthe band-cutting knives is substantially of the form here shown and isformed with an integral foot 35. The said feet of said knives formbearing-surfaces for the latter, as will be understood.

My improved band-cutter and feeder may be readily attached to anddetached from a threshing-machine by means of the straps 4.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1 1. A band-cutting andfeeding attachment for threshing-machines comprising a frame havingmeans to detachably secure it to the feed end of a threshing-machine,the sides of the said frame having their upper edges inclined, aninclined reciprocating feed -pan having guide-bars 11 on its sides, saidguidebars bearing on the inclined upper edges of the sides of the frame,whereby said feed-pan is guided in a right line and supported by saidframe, the latter having a cover over the inner portion of saidfeed-pan, and said feedpan having its outer uncovered portion formedinto a hopper, a revoluble band-cutting and feeding cylinder disposedtransversely over said feed-pan, near the discharge of the hopperthereof, and under the cover of said frame, a power-shaft journaled inbearings on said frame, connections between said power-shaft and saidband-cutting cylinder to drive the latter, eccentrics on saidpower-shaft and pitmen connecting said eccentrics to said feedpan,substantially as described.'

2. Aband-eutting and feeding attachment for threshing-machinescomprising a frame having means to detachably secure it to the feed endof a threshing-machine, an inclined reciprocating pan guided in a rightline in and supported solely by said frame, the latter having a coverover the inner portion of said feed-pan and said feed-pan having itsouter uncovered portion formed into a hopper, a revoluble band-cuttingand feeding cylinder disposed transversely over said feedpan, near thedischarge of the hopper thereof, and under the cover of said frame, apowershaft journaled in bearings on said frame, connections between saidpower-shaft and said band-cutting cylinder, to drive the latter andconnections between said power-shaft and said feed-pan, whereby thelatter is reciprocated, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

ISOM J. ROSS.

